PMID- 15165905 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20040630 LR - 20121115 IS - 0014-5793 (Print) IS - 0014-5793 (Linking) VI - 567 IP - 1 DP - 2004 Jun 1 TI - Matrix metalloproteinases and their endogenous inhibitors in neuronal physiology of the adult brain. PG - 129-35 AB - More than 20 matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and four of their endogenous tissue inhibitors (TIMPs) act together to control tightly temporally restricted, focal proteolysis of extracellular matrix. In the neurons of the adult brain several components of the TIMP/MMP system are expressed and are responsive to changes in neuronal activity. Furthermore, functional studies, especially involving blocking of MMP activities, along with the identification of MMP substrates in the brain strongly suggest that this enzymatic system plays an important physiological role in adult brain neurons, possibly being pivotal for neuronal plasticity. FAU - Dzwonek, Joanna AU - Dzwonek J AD - Department of Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology, Nencki Institute, 02-093 Warsaw, Pasteura 3, Poland. FAU - Rylski, Marcin AU - Rylski M FAU - Kaczmarek, Leszek AU - Kaczmarek L LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Review PL - England TA - FEBS Lett JT - FEBS letters JID - 0155157 RN - 0 (Matrix Metalloproteinase Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinases) RN - EC 3.4.24.- (Matrix Metalloproteinases) RN - EC 3.4.24.35 (Matrix Metalloproteinase 9) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Brain/*enzymology/metabolism MH - Humans MH - Matrix Metalloproteinase 9/metabolism MH - *Matrix Metalloproteinase Inhibitors MH - Matrix Metalloproteinases/*physiology MH - Memory MH - Models, Biological MH - Neurons/*enzymology/metabolism MH - Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinases/*metabolism/*physiology RF - 78 EDAT- 2004/05/29 05:00 MHDA- 2004/07/01 05:00 CRDT- 2004/05/29 05:00 PHST- 2004/02/19 00:00 [received] PHST- 2004/03/03 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2004/03/07 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2004/05/29 05:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2004/07/01 05:00 [medline] PHST- 2004/05/29 05:00 [entrez] AID - S0014579304003746 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.febslet.2004.03.070 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - FEBS Lett. 2004 Jun 1;567(1):129-35. doi: 10.1016/j.febslet.2004.03.070.